A weakened Hurricane Dorian flooded homes on North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday with a fury that took even storm-hardened residents by surprise. Hundreds were feared trapped by high water, and neighbours used boats to rescue one another.

Andre De Grasse ended his Diamond League season on a fast note. De Grasse, 24, ran a season-best time of 19.87 seconds to earn third place in the men’s 200 metres at the league finals on Friday in Brussels.

A government of Canada team says it identified a number of “inauthentic” social media accounts which spread disinformation online in the run-up to the Alberta election — and is warning that similar tactics could be used this fall during the federal campaign.

The Assembly of First Nations (AFN) has suspended Regional Chief Morley Googoo with pay pending the results of an investigation into allegations that Googoo engaged in gender-based discrimination against women he worked with.